Vittorio Sodano (Victor) is an Italian make-up artist. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Makeup for his work in Apocalypto (2006) and for Il divo (2010). Born in Naples on 1 September 1974, at age 16, in London, he began his work as a make-up artist as a sculptor and prosthodontist in a laboratory for film special effects. In 1996 he made his début in cinema with the film Prima che il tramonto (Before the Sunset) by Stefano Incerti, for which he won an award for make-up and special effects at the Locarno Film Festival. With considerable knowledge in the field of special effects make-up and application of prosthesis he began to assert himself in the Italian and European cinema, becoming a personal makeup artist of Italian's actresses Margherita Buy, Laura Morante, Mariangela Melato and Valeria Golino. In 2023 he worked as Make-up supervisor in the film Joachim and the Apocalypse by Jordan River.

Vittorio Sodano has also taught at several academies of fine arts.

In 2007 Sodano got his first Oscar nomination for Apocalypto by Mel Gibson^[1] and a second one in 2010 for Il Divo by Paolo Sorrentino. In 2009 he won the "David of Donatello" (a significant Italian award) for the same movie in the make-up artist category

• 2007 - Oscar nomination for Apocalypto by Mel Gibson.
• 2007 - Award Cinearti 'La chioma di Berenice' for Apocalypto by Mel Gibson.
• 2008 - Award Cinearti 'La chioma di Berenice' for Il Divo by Paolo Sorrentino.
• 2009 - Italian award 'David di Donatello' for Il Divo by Paolo Sorrentino.
• 2010 - Oscar nomination for Il Divo by Paolo Sorrentino.